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One thing I want to add that online people always say is “join a hobby group”, but most hobbies that young people actually want to do are extremely skewed to on
by popularonion 4y ago
One thing I want to add that online people always say is “join a hobby group”, but most hobbies that young people actually want to do are extremely skewed to one gender. Think yoga vs kickboxing.
I did meetup.com for a few years, and the non-tech groups I joined were basically all 20-something single guys and 40-plus divorced women. Looking back it’s no surprise I gave up on it.
I had the best time joining something that was like a Rotary Club but they let in anyone who was willing to pay dues. I guess joining something with long term projects and monthly board meetings provides at least some slight potential to get to know someone who happens to be single.
- Apocryphon 4y agoIs yoga really skewed? And fitness classes alone have tons of varieties that are popular among both genders- spin class, Crossfit, BodyPump, and so on.
- dfxm12 4y agoI walk by both a kickboxing gym and a yoga studio regularly. Classes appear to be probably 60/40 at most one way or the other. Of course, these are just 2 data points...
- popularonion 4y agoWhen I dabbled in yoga I always saw a ratio of like 15 women to 3 men. Of course those were beginner classes, and I’m sure things could be different in high level classes and online yoga forums. Fitness classes aren’t really set up to be social, everyone shows up right before it starts, does their 30-40 minutes of exercise with loud music playing, then everyone goes home. Probably better to join a coed sports league with a group of your friends.
- Apocryphon 4y ago> Fitness classes aren’t really set up to be social Sure, but I don't see how yoga or kickboxing is much different. I've known at least one marriage met through coed sports. Agreed that's an activity with more interaction.